i think about 60000000000000000000 posts makes you get out of peon. Thanks for informing us on your achievment of reaching "grunt" level.....
Does anyone care about the status ?? I guess what counts more is your posts and how much sense they make !!
Really? If some one makes a post like this one - "Hey! I found this great product on blah blah website, it's only $$ and is very useful!", whom would you trust more - a peon who registered a week ago or a member with over 1000 posts?